Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-22
DAKOTA.

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Just d little s1ow fell at Bismarck satur-
day.
The Aberdeen Daily News Is six months
old.
A Baptist church was organised at Miller
Tuesday.
The Bismarck brewery has sl47 900 invested
In its plant.
The Sioux Falls Press has changed its daily
to a six-column folio.
One thousand men will work in one til
mine In the Black Hills.
Lake county took thIrty-seve n premiums at
the recent territorial fair.
Memorial service will be held at Huron In
honor OF the late John B. Finch.
The Press says Sioux Falls sent over BOO
people TO the Corn Palace jubilee.
There are seventy-fve students In attend
aHce at the Methodist university at Mitchell
Several Russians in Bon Homne county are
said to have made fortunes raising sheep.
Prof. Homrr l.. Sprague has accepted the
presidency OF the North Dakota university.
The Minneapolis and Pacific has failed to
put In q station at Yorktown In Dickey coun-
ty.
The Yankton papers are quite confident
that that city Is to get the Duluth and Denver
line.
The Mandan Pioneer announces that Al
order has been issued for the removal OF
Judge Francis. Bat no other newspaper
appears to have received any such informa
ton.
Gov. Church has appointed Anton Klans
jr, Of jamestown, to I'll the vacancy GU BIZ
staff occssioned by the removal Of Brown, o
Grand Forks. No successor to Webb o.
Lewis has been appointed.
Rev. Norman Ransom, of Grandin, a Metho
dist Episcopal clergyman, who arrived il
K %)ckford, ILL.,, Wednesday, died suddenly tina
evening Of typhoid fever. He was a member
Of the north Dakota conference.
The Aberdeen, ismarck and Northwestern
road has about completed it's work for the
season. The grade is practically finished
from the corporate limits OF Aberieen to Bis
marck. The company has nearly closed III
arrangements for right-of.way through Aoer
deem.
The survey OF the Yankton Missouri VALLEY
railroad has progressed from Yankton as IA
as Mud creek, where the engineer corps fl
now searching for the easiest route through
the nest OF bluffs which cluster about th.
headwaters of Mud creek, Clay creek ant
Turkey creek.
G. p. Babcock, a farmer living near Water
town, was injured either by accident or by 8
blow from a would-be- assassin go as to render
him unconscious. He was found about half
mile from Watertown In that condition. Mr.
Babcock was last year president OF the farm
ers' alliance Of Coddtngton county.
The annual report of the commission o.
pensions shows that 1897 ex-soldiers, resi-
dents OF Dakota, ere drawing pensions from
the general government, the quarterly tots
Of payments made them being $1C2 ass. 40
Dakota stands twenty-frst In the list Of III,
states and territories In It's number OF pen
sioners.
Division Superintendent Graham, of the Da
kota dlvlsion Of the Northern Pacific, has
been arrested, charged with violating the IN.
~ter-state law In refusing to furnish cars f,
the shipment OF wheat and discriminating IL
favor OF the elevators.
Chas. Henry, living two miles west o
Warner, is missing, and no knowledge of BIZ
whereabouts is known; not even his wit,
knows anything about where he has gone. TIL,
reason for his absence cannot be accounted
for, as he was not in debt to speak OF, and, AZ
everybody supposed, was getting alonl
nicely.
j. T. Odell, assistant general manager Of
the Northern Pacifc's eastern division, ha,
resigned and accepted the position Of genera
maLager Of the Chesapeake and Ohio at a sal
airy Of $12, 0C0. j. NJ. Buckley is a possible
successor as IS also s. K. Anslie, superintend
ent of the east and west Minnesota aud Wis.
consin divisions.
1t is positively stated that NJ. V. Miller,
president of the board OF regents OF Brock
ipgs agricultural college, has fed the coun-
try taking with him $1,000 OF the college
funds and several thousand dsllars in funds
secured from banks by various processes
President McLouth OF the college declares
tina. the story is false and that Miller did not
take one cent OF the college funds.
w. l.. Smith tried to commit suicide at
Fargo Monday. He paid a man % cents to
hang linn. They went to the barn, found a
rope, and when about ready to commit the
deed, his assistant returned to the bar for a
drink and did not return. Smith then went
to his room, secured a dose of morphine and
placed 1t in some whisky. Before he could
drink 1t the proprietor OF the hotel broke into
his room and took 1t away.
Sheriff Chamberlain. of Faulkton, passed
through Reafeid Wednesday, having in GUS
tcdy a young man named Passon, charged
with ent'ciog, with criminal intent, from her
home near Faulkton a Miss Eva Deloye. The
young man was arrested at Ludden, where he
and the young lady had registered as me-
and wife. The complainant In the matter is
the father OF the girl. The latter Vas also
brought back on a subpoena to sestify ia the
matter.
Fargo special TO the Journal, Oct. 10: Yes
terday a gambler named Suffer and Mrs. John
Haas were arrested, charged with resortlng to
rooms foT purposes OF prostitution. They
we're .tid under $500 bonds. Mrs. Haas was
feImerly a resident OF Winona, and was a
i sporting woman known as "Msud 80 She
was married four years ago., protested CONVEX
sion last winter, joined the church, and 1t was